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Cowling – Postcard #2

This is a postcard of Croft Mill in Cowling, West Yorkshire. The postcard is unused and undated. There is no printer or publisher name although it looks to be from the same range as another one in my collection by F. Frith & Co. Ltd of Reigate.

The mill was owned and run by John Binns & Son Ltd. (1852-1971). The mill was built on land behind the Bay Horse Inn known as “The Croft”. A history of the mill was published in a book called Binns – A Weaving Century. After more than a hundred years of production and eventual take over by big business tycoons the doors were closed for the last time on 17 July 1971.

The mill was demolished between 1971 and 1972 and houses now stand where once stood a piece of history from the industrial revolution.